Blind Gossip posted it on Oct 6, 2014 and Yolanda made the blog post mentioning it on Dec 10, 2014. I’m not saying that makes it 100% reliable, but I think it largely rules out the copycat theory. And begs the question of why she would confirm the rumour unless it were true.

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Too late to edit but I feel compelled to add that it’s (morally) irresponsible to believe anything on insufficient evidence. We should still view this as conjecture, nothing more. This isn’t the_donald, thankfully.

For a family this blatantly and desperately forging a spot for themselves in the public eye, the Hadids have quite possibly the worst PR team ever. Why is Bella's emo blog still running? Why is this letter not denied as fraudulent? Why is seemingly nobody prepped for interviews? I have questions.

For a family this blatantly and desperately forging a spot for themselves in the public eye, the Hadids have quite possibly the worst PR team ever. Why is Bella's emo blog still running? Why is this letter not denied as fraudulent? Why is seemingly nobody prepped for interviews? I have questions.

Gigi Hadid is done with people who say she is only where she is because of her rich parents.

Growing up with property developer father Mohamed Hadid and model mother Yolanda, the 23-year-old has now made a name for herself as one of the most in-demand models in the world.

But if you think for a second Gigi agrees she got a leg up into the world of fashion and rests on that nepotism, you’ve got another thing coming.

‘My dad was a refugee, my mum was on a farm, went to New York and worked to send money back to her family. They worked their asses off and they’ve given me a life because of their hard work, and I work hard to honour that,’ she said.

Nope, not having it (Picture: Getty Images)
‘I shouldn’t stay in my house because people say “you don’t deserve to be here because they were successful”. That’s not how I consider it in my house.’

We’re sure it’s a very nice house, probably with marble benchtops, but some wise words.

‘I’m as Palestinian as I am Dutch. Just because I have blonde hair, I still carry the value of my ancestors and I appreciate and respect that,’ she said, according to Pedestrian.tv.

‘I talk about this with my boyfriend [Zayn Malik] too, he’s half-Pakistani, half-English. I feel like when you’re mixed race, when you come from two different worlds, you get to see how both sides treat each other and you feel like the bridge of those two sides.’

On Gigi... does anyone actually question her work ethic? I mean the whole "I didn't get handed anything" bit is a joke. She did. And while she does thank her parents, who made this platform available to her, she also grew up in privilege. She does spend a lot of time in the air and between coasts and continents... even flying private or first that DOES take a toll. She does work, and from what I've heard, is pretty damned pleasant. But let's not get it confused.... there are other girls doing similar that didn't get the jump start and luxuries that she did. It would be really refreshing to hear her acknowledge those rather that defend like she didn't have a clear advantage from the onset.

Exactly! I would respect her more if she just owned up and recognized her privilege. Hell, I'm not rich as fuck BUT my parents also worked form the bottom up and gave my siblings a head start in comparison to others (specially where I live, 60% of the population is in poverty)